If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
Turn video into GIF
Pick a video, trim it down, and convert it to an animated loop.
Actions Used
Make GIF
Creates an animated GIF from the images or video passed into the action.
Trim Media
Presents a view allowing you to trim the media passed into the action.
Get Images from Input
Gets images from the result of the previous action.
For example, this action can get the album art of a song, or all the images on a web page.
Choose from List
Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection.
Prompt
The instruction provided when the list is presented.
Select Multiple
When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.
Save to Photo Album
Adds the photos and video passed as input to the specified photo album. This action is required if you want images, photos, or videos in Shortcuts to be saved into the Photos app.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Turn%20video%20into%20GIF
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Turn%20video%20into%20GIF
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Turn video into GIF”
end tell
More From This Folder
Find a good reaction GIF
Asks you to type in a search and finds the results on Giphy.
Extract Live Photo
Asks you to choose from recent live photos and converts them into videos or GIFs.
Convert Live Photo into Video or GIF
Asks you to choose from recent live photos and converts them into videos or GIFs.
Find a good reaction GIF
Asks you to type in a search and finds the results on Giphy.
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Open Slide Over apps
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Scrape session titles
For a given list of Apple Developer session URLs, this will iterate through each, grabbing the name of the webpage, cleaning it up, and reformatting it into a Markdown list before copying that to your clipboard.
Open Motion preferences
Opens into the Motion section of Accessibility sesttings to let you control features like Reduce Motion, Auto-Play Message Effects, Auto-Play Animated Images, Dim Flashing Lights, Auto-Play Video Previews, and Limit Frame Rate.
Clear the stage
Activates Stage Manager, but removes the Dock and Recent Apps for a clean setup.
Convert timecode to total seconds
Function for taking timecodes like 01:45:30 and adding up the hours or minutes or seconds into a single unit (seconds) that can be used for calculations; or, more specifically, YouTube timestamps.
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